A fire of "undetermined origin" broke out at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana at about 1:40 a.m. local time, the Cantonal Police of Valais said in a statement.

About 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured, many gravely, in a fire in a bar at a ski resort in the Swiss Alps during a New Year’s celebration on Thursday. The Swiss president said it was “one of the worst tragedies our country has ever experienced.”

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Around 40 people were killed and 115 injured when a fire ripped through a crowded bar during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, officials said on Thursday.

Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured following a fire at a Swiss Alps bar during a New Year’s celebration

About 40 people are dead and more than 100 are injured after a fire ripped through a New Year's Eve party at a Swiss ski resort bar. Authorities are still investigating what caused the blaze.

Around 40 people are dead and more than 100 are injured after a fire tore through a bar in the Swiss mountain ski town of Crans-Montana. The cause of the fire is still under investigation as the Swiss face a devastating scene.

Switzerland’s exports to the US expanded in the month the Swiss struck a deal to remove outsized American tariffs.

About 40 people celebrating at a ski resort bar were killed, and 115 were injured, many of them young, the authorities said.

Tahirys Dos Santos was on holiday in the Swiss Alps with friends when the fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. local time during New Year’s celebrations.